‘Bairagee’ movie review: Shivarajkumar excels in thoughtful entertainer

Hulivesha (the masked tiger dance), a well-known folks type of Karnataka and carried out by native youths throughout festivals, has attracted filmmakers in recent times. Many have used this folks type to etch their characters and use it as a prism to know the world. Now, Shivarajkumar wears Hulivesha in his newest movie  Bairagee, and takes the the viewers into a distinct world.

Bairagee has garnered a lot curiosity from the viewers, as a result of it’s Shivarajkumar’s 123 ^rd enterprise, and is seen as a particular quantity. It symbolises his first three profitable movies, which bought him the title of “Hattrick Hero”. One other attraction for the viewers is that of Dhananjaya sharing display with Shivarajkumar, because the duo’s earlier efficiency in  Tagaru, directed by Duniya Suri, struck a chord with the viewers.

Directed by Vijay Milton,  Bairagee is a remake of Tamil movie Kadugu launched in 2017, which was directed by the identical filmmaker, who has now enhanced the remake with a contact of native components.

Bairagee stands for the one who has renounced his worldly wants, and the director tries his finest to get throughout this advanced idea by making a particular character for Shivarajkumar, which speaks concerning the ills of society.

Providing an entire leisure package deal with all of the components, particularly motion and emotion, Bairagee is not going to disappoint the viewers. On the similar time, the director raises pertinent points, similar to bodily assault on ladies and the greed of politicians, amongst different issues, and treats them sensitively, as a substitute of glorifying them.

It’s the hard-hitting dialogues which provide much-needed spirit to the movie. “Those that don Huli Vesha is not going to be tigers solely when they’re in costume; they may all the time be tigers. As I grew, the tiger additionally grew in me,” says Huli Shivappa, and this alerts what the movie is all about.

The introduction scenes of Shivarajkumar, Huli Shiva and Dhananjaya are executed beautifully. Equally, the motion sequences by stunt grasp Supreme Sundar are additionally value rooting for. The movie, which drags its ft within the first half, picks up within the second, however Milton might have invested far more effort into etching different characters aside from Shivarajkumar and Dhananjaya.

Bairagee additionally speaks of the ethical that one should not dwell to please others, however be true to themselves. Milton succeeds to a sure extent in creating gray characters, with out making them merely black and white. In the end, the movie is not going to disappoint Shivarajkumar followers, who had been eagerly ready for this outing the previous few months.

Bairagee is presently operating in theatres